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hardware test...how?

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fisty

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Jan 30, 2006
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hello peeps,

i know this questien might be stupid...im a new switcher...i got my mbp beginning of march and love it...still though i am preety new at os x etc...
im hearing all around hardware test etc...i would like to try it out on my mbp etc..not because i have any problems just to see how its done in case i need to in the future "fingers crossed"

ta
 
fisty said:
hello peeps,

i know this questien might be stupid...im a new switcher...i got my mbp beginning of march and love it...still though i am preety new at os x etc...
im hearing all around hardware test etc...i would like to try it out on my mbp etc..not because i have any problems just to see how its done in case i need to in the future "fingers crossed"

ta
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insert the disc 1 included, restart your MBP, and hold down the 'd' while it's booting. it'll goes into the hardware test screen. Then just use the instructions
 
Hi There!
Welcome and congrats on your purchase; you will be very happy from here on.

To do a hardware test, start your computer from the Install disk. One of the options from Finder is Hardware Test. Run that. Hey presto! - hardware test done. :)

You should also know about Disk Utilities (an app inside your Utilties folder), that will run a variety of diagnostic/repair routines on your disc and software. A good freebie that you might consider is Applejack,
"a tool to make it easy to troubleshoot your Mac when no other startup disk is available to you. The script gives you an interactive menu-driven environment for basic disk check/repair, permissions repair, .plist validation, cache cleanup, and swap file removal. You can do basic system maintenance even if your GUI won't start up at all, simply by booting into single user mode, and typing 'applejack'
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Good luck! :)
 
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